flashing red lights

Now that kids are back in classes, I got stuck behind one of these. Did you know that federal law dictates that all school buses are painted "school bus yellow?" Seems a bit repetitive.

You may have a great school bus story from when you were a kid, but I don't. I burned with jealousy of my fellow classmates who got to ride the bus. I was sure that I was missing all the fun. I have now come to the conclusion (with age and maturity) that, while I still would have liked to ride the bus on occasion, I probably would have been on the receiving end of much teasing, so it's for the best that I lived close enough to all my schools that I could (and did) walk every day.
For the yearning to spend an hour or so on uncomfortable vinyl bench seats, there was that field trip to President Garfield's home.